Bust support



W. S..MAAS

Dec. 24, 1946.

BUST SUPPORT Filed Aug. 19, 1944 INVENTOR.

I I l u I Patented Dec. 24, 1946 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE BUST SUPPORT Werner S. Maas, New York, N. Y.

Application August 19, 1944, Serial No. 550,287

1 Claim. 1

This invention relates to improvements in bust supports or brassieres. It has for one of its objects to provide for the requisite support to be given to youthful breasts without subjecting them to compression. It is another object of this invention to provide for an uplift to be given to the breasts. It is a further object of this invention to provide a bust support which is not subject to early changes of form even during daily use.

According to the present invention two breast supports having the form of plain quadrangular strips of fabric are provided which are out out so low as to mainly extend and lift the breasts from below, leaving at least the upper half of each breast and the nipples uncovered so that they can expand freely. The two breast supports meet in the middle and their joint ends in the middle as well as their outer ends are reinforced by means of bones. To the outer end are joined the narrow back tabs which are provided with hook and eye or other fasteners to hold the supports in position. Shoulder straps fixed to these tabs grip converging connecting straps which extend from the top edges at the ends of the breast supports being fixed to these edges at about right angles so as to have the tendency to pull the ends of each support toward each other and thereby cause the strip to bulge and apply itself to the lower portion of the breast.

In the drawing afiixed to this specification and forming part thereof, I, 2 are the two breast support pieces, each having the form of a quadrangular strip of fabric cut out half-moon fashion at 3 to reduce the height of their middle portions to about one half, or less, of the height of their end portions. The pointed middle part 4 formed by the joint breast supports is reinforced by an elongated pocket 5 housing a bone 6. Similar pockets I, 8 containing bones are formed in the places where the outer ends of the supports I, 2 are jointed to the tabs 9, I0. The free ends of the tabs carry an elastic band I I with a hook buckle l2 and eyes l3, respectively. Shoulder straps 14, I5 run from the points near the ends of the tabs 9, H] to the points I6, H, where the pairs of straps l8, l8 and l9, l9 join, which connect the top ends of each strip 3 and, being fixed to these ends at about right angles, tend to pull the ends towards each other and thereby cause the flat strips to bulge like pockets and to embrace the bottom portion of the breast.

I wish it to be understood that I do not wish to be limited to the details shown in the drawing and described in the specification, for obvious modifications will occur to a person skilled in the art.

I claim:

A brassiere comprising in combination, two breast supports connected at their adjoining ends, fastening tabs extending from the outer ends of said supports, each breast support being a plain strip of fabric cut half-moon fashion in such a manner that the narrow middle portion of each strip is only high enough to lift the breast from below leaving the nipple and the upper half of the breast uncovered, pairs of connecting straps meeting at a large angle and fixed to the top edges of the cut-out portions of said supports, and shoulder straps extending from said fastening tabs to the meeting points of said connecting straps and tending to pull the ends of each breast support strip toward each other so as to cause said strip to bulge and form a pocket applying itself to, and lifting, the lower breast portion.

WERNER S. MAAS. 

